1930 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Horse

1930 is the year of the Metal Horse (庚午 Gēngwǔ), from 30 January 1930 to 16 February 1931. Anyone born in 1930 before 30 January 1930 belongs to the Earth Snake year.

• Animal: Horse
• Element: Metal (Yang)
• Cycle name: 庚午 Gēngwǔ, year 7 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 30 January 1930
• Ends: 16 February 1931

The Metal Horse

Metal years are traditionally linked with determination, precision and principle: the element of clear edges, strong will and high standards. The Horse is the free spirit of the cycle. Tradition describes Horse people as energetic, independent and warm, quick with words and happiest on the move. They start with enthusiasm and hate being fenced in.

Born in January or February 1930?

Anyone born from 1 January to 29 January 1930 belongs to the Earth Snake year of 1929. From 30 January 1930 the Metal Horse year begins.

Famous people born in the Metal Horse year

• Clint Eastwood, born 31 May 1930

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1929: Earth Snake · 1931: Metal Goat · All Horse years · All 12 animals